Yesterday, Ty Pennington and his design team surprised the Kalihi family with word that they had been selected to receive the next home makeover. Today, they learned that the show and Brookfield Homes Hawai'i will also construct the largest structure in the show's history when they erect a new center to house mom Momi Akana's nonprofit organization, Keiki O Ka Aina Family Learning Center.

"After looking at the building where Keiki O Ka Aina is now, we realized that it was in no condition to fulfill its mission, and we decided that it needed to be replaced as well," said Jeff Prostor, president of Brookfield Homes Hawaii, in a statement. "So we're going to actually demolish the existing building, rebuild a new one in its place and also build a new home for the Akana family right on the same property."

Akana was a single mom receiving public assistance 11 years ago when she founded Keiki O Ka Aina, a nonprofit organization that supports the Native Hawaiian community by offering free culturally educational programs. Today, she acts as an advocate for struggling single moms by helping them better understand the welfare system and expose them to all available resources. She has also started a program to help moms in prison receive parental training, counseling and job force training so that they can strengthen their relationships with their children and change their lives for the better upon their release.

For the past 11 years, until a month ago, the family was sharing their home with KOKA. The center operated out of the top floor of the house while Momi and her kids lived in the two-bedroom downstairs portion. After receiving a grant to purchase property up the street from her own home, KOKA moved out, leaving a lot of repairs to be made.

However, the property KOKA moved into is also in extremely poor condition, with extensive termite damage, roofs that aren't even with the walls, severe flooding and leaking, bad electrical and virtually no security.

"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," Brookfield Homes Hawai'i, and hundreds of workers from local building trade organizations have joining forces for the show's largest project to date. Their time, talents, and material resources are being donated to help build the Akana family's new home and the new Keiki O Ka Aina Learning Center.

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